Interviews

One thing we want to try to do here at Emo At Heart is to bridge that gap between music and sports by showing how important music can be to athletes. That being said, we recently reached out to hockey player Dan Milan (currently from the Wichita Thunder). Check out what he had to say about his career, hobbies, and his love for music:

First things first; a lot of our readers may not be familiar with you, can you tell us a little about …

Last week San Diego pop punk/rock band Alive & Well released their latest EP, From Basement To Beaches. We had the opportunity to chat with frontman Matt Vernon (center, in the photo above) about his origins on the East Coast, the narrative through-line of the band’s latest EP, and more.

Check out our interview below.

You’ve been playing music in one form another for quite some time, what was the turning point for you in your musical development that led to Alive & Well?
I …

Headliners — a new online web series slated to air in Spring 2017 — takes us back to the burgeoning pop punk scene in 2003. The show will follow the storylines of a struggling back in the Chicago pop punk scene, and an indie record label, whose owner is trying to stay relevant in the ever-changing and tumultuous music industry.

The show will also feature original music from Anberlin (whose Christian McAlhaney’s “Moving On” you can hear clips of in the interview), The Rocket Summer, …

YOU GUYS, THE MEDIC DROID ARE BACK!!! On Monday, the band posted the video above (a song currently titled “Running In The Dark”) as a little teaser to let everyone know that they have returned and are ready to bring their music back to the masses.

It’s been about 8 years since What’s Your Medium was released and since then there have been many ups and downs for the band, including a breakup or two.

Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin is taking the music world by storm, and racking up plenty of frequent flyer miles in the process. In the US for the fifth time this year, I had the chance to speak to Devlin while she was in New York a few weeks ago to chat about her new EP, December Daze, as well as how work is progressing on her upcoming full-length — the follow-up to 2014’s Running With Scissors — her writing process, what makes a great cover …

The new album from Massachusetts rockers Northernmost will be out next week — Pinedale is out September 18th on Rude Fox Records to be exact. Lucky for us, following the release of “Milo” a few weeks ago, they band has graced us once again with a new track from the upcoming EP, “Cloudy”.

Check out the new song below, as well as our recent interview with the band. Read on to see what guitarist/vocalist Jesse Field has to say about “Cloudy”, his dream tour lineup, …

Nashville-based alt rock band Clay Cages are preparing to release a new EP this fall, The Lenses We See Life Through — a follow-up to last year’s debut, Tension. We caught up with the band after opening up for The Early November and Better Off earlier this week. Read on to see what they had to say about the heavy praise that came from their debut release, their musical style, and of course that show earlier this week.

Pop punk bands Post Season and Such A Mess are releasing a split 7″, Greetings From, on Common Ground Records — out tomorrow, August 28th. We caught up with each band to talk about the new release, how they got together for this collab, their joint tour (which is wrapping up 8/29 in Pittsburgh), and more. Read on below to see what they had to say, and be sure to give their tracks a listen!

A few days ago we brought you Walsher Clemons’s “Everybody Knows (The Woman Way)” off their forthcoming album, Dancing & Praying, out September 1st.

Before their album comes out in a few weeks, check out our interview with the band below to see what they had to say about their “unique” name, the writing and recording process for the new album, as their current lineup.

Can you give us a little background on the meaning behind your name?
We formed the band in high school. …